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new School ofArchitecture at Florida A & M University, Tallahassee. Architect: Clements
Rumpel Associates, Jacksonville. Photo by Steven Brooke.

FLORIDA: PARADISE REGAINED. IT CAN BE DONE was the topic of
a conference sponsored by Florida Defenders of the Environment which I
attended in February. The conference attracted many conservationists, pres-
ervationists, politicians and interested citizens, all expressing a common con-
cern over Florida's vanished Eden.
There was talk of how highways ruin the landscape, of how our malls will be
the ghost towns of tomorrow and of how people will probably need to be surgi-
cally removed from their cars at a time when mass transit seems the only
answer to the question of "what do we do with our cars?"
Actually, it seemed to me that there was a lot of discussion about the prob-
lems and not too many solutions offered. I don't suppose I have any, either. I
think people are increasingly aware of the fact that our natural resources, be
they animal, vegetable or mineral, are not unending. Creating that awareness
was a giant step forward.
But to the question of overdeveloping the beaches, for example, I don't see a
simple solution. The beaches are the reason that most people come to Florida
to live. Obviously everyone can't live on the beach, no matter how many or
how tall the condos get. What we must be sure of is that the beaches are avail-
able to everyone and that development neither spoils them nor makes them
inaccessible.
I don't think the beaches are Florida's last frontier as so many people seem
to feel. I think the swamps, keys and offshore islands are, however, and they
may be spared development because they are wild, inacessible or both. The
beaches are what Florida is all about. For that reason, we must plan, build and
use them wisely so we can continue to enjoy them.

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and its impact on the market; and the 1985 FNGA advertising pro-
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a presentation entitled, "The Challenge, Are You Prepared?"
The Florida Natural Gas Association is a statewide organization
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natural gas and gas appliances. Its members include operating
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NEWSLETTERS

News

Florida Northwest
Presents Design
Awards
The Florida Northwest Chap-
ter of the AIA presented its
bi-annual design awards to seven
panhandle architects. Every two
years the chapter recognizes out-
standing work by local architects
based on the judgement of their
peers. This time, the jury con-
sisted of eight practicing ar-
chitects from the New Orleans
Chapter of the AIA who evalu-
ated twenty-three submittals
and awarded certificates to Wil-
liam Graves, AIA, for the Law
Offices of Ray & Kievit, Barrett,
Daffin & Carlan for the Univer-
sity of West Florida Swimming
Pool Enclosure, Clemens Schaub
for Baytree Villas, John Senka-
rik, AIA, for the Pensacola Mu-
nicipal Swimming Pool, William
F. Parks, AIA, for the Cordova
Square Village Mall and the Bul-
lock Associates for the Long
Residence Addition, the Service
Station at Eglin AFB and the
Recreation Facilities at the
Blackwater State Park.

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Top left, pool addition to the Long Residence by the Bullock Associates.
Right, Bayfree Villas by Clemens Bruns Schaub. Above, Cordova Square
by William Parks, AIA.

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Competition Open to
Architectural

Students

classical America, a national
organization devoted to en-
couraging the classical tradition
in the arts, is sponsoring a com-
petition. It is for the design of a
classical building and it is open
to students of architecture only.
Five thousand dollars in prizes
will be awarded. All submissions
must be in by September 1, 1985
and for information and entry
forms, write to: Classical Amer-
ica, P.O. Box 821, Times Square
Station, New York, N.Y. 10108.
Classical America, which was
founded in 1968, is the only or-
ganization in the United States
dedicated to the study, appreci-
ation and application of Classical
expression in the arts. The soci-
ety seeks to encourage a renais-
sance of understanding of the
Classical tradition, its sense of
continuity with the past and its
unique approach to cooperation
among all artists in the design
professions.

Architect Designs

Porcelain

Laurinda Spear is co-founder
and principal of Arquitecton-
ica, an architecture and design
firm in Coral Gables. "Her pro-
posals to enliven suburban set-
tings with an urban sensibility
have created controversy and
excitement," says a catalogue
for Swid Powell who commis-
sioned Spear and seven other
nationally prominent architects
to design a fine china for their
company. Spear's porcelain buf-
fet plate, called Miami Beach, is
"typically playful and colorful.
The pale aqua and pink, which
so define Florida's art deco, are
offset with a striking red bar.
Forms range from hard rectan-
gles to soft amorphous shapes.
The result is at once lively and
subdued."

"The Virgin Islands
in the Year 2000"

The newly elected officers of
the Virgin Islands Chapter of
the AIA plan to conduct a series
of round table discussions and
luncheon meetings with key
governmental and private sector
personnel involved in the long
range planning and development
of the Virgin Islands. The goal
of these meetings will be to as-
sess the impact of growth on the
islands over the next fifteen
years.
The Virgin Islands in the year
2000 will focus on development
trends which are happening now
and their effect on the environ-
ment of the future. The pro-
grams will provide a forum for
concerned professionals and
members of the general public
to discuss important issues and
the decisions that must be made
in order to insure an orderly
growth pattern for the VI into
the 21st century.
The program themes for the
coming year include Develop-
ment and the Environment,
Future Demands on the Infra-
structure, Long Range Plan-
ning, Historic Preservation,
Future Economic Growth Pat-
terns and Their Effect on Archi-
tecture and the Quality of Life in
the Year 2000. The last is a sum-
mary seminar that will synthe-
size ideas and trends which have
been generated in the earlier ses-
sions in an attempt to create an
overall picture of life in the Vir-
gin Islands.

Member News

Aramis "Mitch" Alvarez, AIA,
a partner and Senior Vice-
President of Spillis Candela &
Partners, has been appointed to
the Coral Gables Historic Pres-
ervation Board. Julio Grabiel,
AIA, a partner and Executive
Vice-President of the same firm,
was appointed to the Coral Gables
Architectural Review Board.
Victor Alonso, AIA, is the de-
sign architect for Arvida's new
Weston community in Broward
County. Alonso describes the
architecture at Weston as con-
temporary "Florida cracker"
style. Oliver & Glidden has
completed designs for a 27,000-
square-foot professional facility
incorporating two mirror image
buildings. The Gardens office
complex will be located in Palm
Beach Gardens and tenants of
phase one will consist mainly of
health-care service businesses.
Construction is nearing comple-
tion on Martinique II, a $25 mil-
lion condominium designed by
Peacock & Lewis Architects and
Planners of West Palm Beach.
Glen P. Harris, AIA, is project
director.
Villages East is The Evans
Group's newest housing devel-
opment. It was designed for Sun-
south Homes, Inc. and is to be
built in Raleigh, N.C. The Or-
ange County School Board se-
lected Spillis Candela & Part-
ners to design a new elementary
school patterned after the re-
cently completed Deerwood Ele-
mentary School which Spillis
Candela also designed for Or-
ange County. The Haskell Com-
pany's building services division
has begun a design/construct ad-
dition for the Gulfstream Aero-
space Corporation in Savannah,
Georgia.
Downtown Orlando, Inc. has
elected Guy Butler, AIA, as Pres-
ident for 1985. Butler is an asso-
ciate partner at Spillis Candela.
Julio Grabiel, AIA, also at Spillis
Candela was a presenter on "Sta-
tion Design Concepts and Appli-
cations" at the International
Conference on Automated Peo-
ple Movers which was held in

Miami in March. The paper ad-
dressed the "Architectural Ap-
proach to the Miami Metromover
Station."
The Design Advocates Inc. has
announced the acceptance of
their stock offer to and subse-
quent partnership with Joseph
M. L. Toph, AIA. Yeckes-Luch-
ner Architects, P.A., will design
the 24-story Falconara 2 ocean-
front condo tower on Singer
Island developed by Starbuck
Financial Corporation. Yeckes-
Luchner has also been selected
to design new facilities for the
North Palm Beach Children's
Clinic. Samuel J. Ferreri has
been named associate at Peacock
& Lewis and Steve Stevens has
been named supervisor of The
Haskell Company's new com-
puter-aided drafting and design
division.
Schwab & Twitty Architectural
Interiors and Environmental
Graphics has been authorized to
proceed with the designs for the
third floor regional operating
center for NCNB Bank. The cen-
ter encompasses 4,000 square
feet. Harvard, Jolly, Marcet and
Associates, Architects, P.A. has
been chosen to design a 32-bed
psychiatric inpatient hospital,
outpatient clinic and two group
homes for the Tampa-based
Northside Community Mental
Health Center. Fugleberg Koch

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Cutler Ridge II by Baldwin + Sackman Architects.

Associates, Architects and Plan-
ners, announced that Mark
Schwerthoffer is now Project
Manager in charge of multi-
family housing for the firm.
Siteworks, Inc. Architects &
Planners has broken ground
for the Forum Shoppes, a retail/
theatre complex that has been
designed as a people-oriented
activity street in West Boynton

Beach. The shops' 20,000 s.f. will
connect a nine-theatre United
Artists complex wtih a 68,000
s.f. four-story office building.
Baldwin Sackman + Associates
has just completed plans for a
six-story office building, Cutler
Ridge Two, to be constructed in
Cutler Ridge. The new tower
will contain 83,000 s.f. in six

Villages East in Raleigh, North Carolina by The Evans Group

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stories. Friedman McKenna Ar-
chitecture has appointed Tammy
Cancela as Marketing Director.
Mark S. Hartley, AIA, has moved
his office to the Interstate Busi-
ness Park in Tampa. The Delray
Beach firm of Currie/Stubbins
& Associates, AIA, PA has com-
pleted the design for a new, one
million square foot complex to
be located in Delray Beach. The
complex, Delint Center, will
have more than 840,000 s.f. of
leasable office space in eight
four-story buildings.
Design was recently complet-
ed by Tom Hurley of Helman
Hurley Charvat Peacock/Archi-
tects, for Harbor Club Vacation
Villas at Palm Coast. The project
is part of a resort complex devel-
oped by ITT Community Devel-
opment Corporation. Palm Coast
will be located twenty miles
south of St. Augustine. Schwab
& Twitty won two "Best in Amer-
ican Living Awards" for the
National Association of Home
Builders. A Grand Award was
presented for Opus X, a single
family home at St. Andrews
Country Club in Boca Raton.
The Townhomes of Aquarina in
Melbourne won an Honorable
Mention.
Larry D. Brown, AIA, a part-
ner at Studio One in Winter Park
designed The Hamlet of Bentley
Park in Tampa. These patio
homes were developed by Cata-
lina Homes of Orlando. Slattery
and Root Architects have been
selected by Hidden Hammocks
Associates, to design eight
homes for the new model home
row at Hidden Hammocks, a
single family home community
in Coral Springs. I.S.K. Reeves
V, AIA, President of Architects
Design Group of Florida, Inc. has
been named to the American In-
stitute of Architects National
Committee on Architecture for
Justice. Stottler Stagg and Associ-
ates, Architects, Engineers, Plan-
ners, Inc. recently served as
technical consultants in the pro-
duction of an environmental per-
mitting videotape for the Florida
Chamber of Commerce. SSA

The Colony at Wiggins Bay by Studio One.

provided all the technical data
in the fifteen minute tape which
was first shown in Tallahassee
in January. The Colony at Wig-
gins Bay, designed by Larry D.
Brown, AIA, of Studio One is a
"Florida style" villa project
which has the flavor of Cracker
houses. Scarborough Construc-
tors, Inc. has promoted Perry
Reader, AIA, to Vice President.
The Atelier Group, Inc., headed
by Roger Grunke, AIA, and
Mona Robertson, designer, has
opened its office in Tampa's
Hyde Park restoration district.
The group specializes in total
design services. Hunton, Shi-
vers, Brady, Associates, Archi-
tects, PA has added three regis-
tered architects to the firm.
They are Lee Curry Rogers, Don-
ald L. Lurtz and Roger M. Tim-
lin. Hunton, Shivers, Brady has
increased its staff by 150% in the
last 24 months.
Harper & Buzinec Architects/
Engineers in Miami has begun
preliminary design to convert
existing buildings at the Veter-
an's Administration Medical
Center in Miami, into research
laboratories. The architectural
firm of Maspons.Goicouria-Este-
ves has doubled its space and
moved to expanded quarters in
Coral Gables. Thomas Develop-
ment Corporation has also moved
to new offices in Tampa. Bertram
R. Thoams, AIA, has a new Am-
bulatory Surgicenter for Surgi-
cal Corporation of America in
the planning stages at Thomas
Development. The design of
Crocker Plaza, a $24 million of-
fice complex, has been completed
by Oliver & Glidden Architects,
Inc. The eleven-story, 145,000
s.f. building will be in Boca
Raton.

Mark T. Reeves, AIA, has been
appointed to the 1985 AIA Prac-
tice Management Committee.
Reeves is currently with the law
firm of Sparber, Shevin, Shapo
& Heilbronner, in Miami and he
hopes to participate in Commit-
tee activities by addressing var-
ious issues of architectural prac-
tice from a legal perspective.
Richard R. Barnett, AIA, David
Fronczak, AIA, and Robert J.
Bitterli, AIA, Principals of Rowe
Holmes Barnett Architects, Inc.
have recently formed a new firm,

Barnett + Fronczak Architects.
Harper & Buzinec Architects/
Engineers, Inc. have moved to
expanded offices in America's
Gateway Plaza west of Miami
International Airport. Changes
at Catalyst Incorporated Archi-
tecture in Orlando include the
departure of Ray Scott, AIA, the
elevation of Skip Lotwick to Prin-
cipal and Ernest Straughn, III, to
Associate.

Crocker Plaza by Oliver and Glidden of West Palm Beach.

FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

Letters

Dear Editor:

It has been one year since the
Florida A&M University Post
Occupancy Evaluation Task
Force has met. Our initial meet-
ing helped establish cost, time
and quality oriented goals for the
building evaluation of the new
School of Architecture at Florida
A&M. The meeting also helped
identify major obstacles to goal
achievement as well as strategies
we might employ which stress a
close match between evaluation
results and immediate utility.
At this writing all the pre-
move data are compiled, the new
building is occupied and a work
plan which responds to both the
contract scope of services and to
the general direction of the initial
task force meeting is completed.
It is time for our second of
three scheduled meetings of this
advisory group. The purposes
for the second meeting are: 1. to
present the results of the pre-
move research, 2. to review the
detailed plan of work for the post
occupancy phase of the research,
and perhaps most importantly,
3. to develop precise descriptions
of the final products of the re-
search to further insure that
they will be useful.
Thank you in advance for your
continued assistance and inter-
est in the evaluation of our new
building.

Sincerely yours,
Tim White
Professor or Architecture

Dear Editor:

What a great surprise to find
Catalyst's project on the cover
of your January/February issue!
The new format is gorgeous,
and it's a real "bonus" that the
article was published in the in-
troductory issue of the maga-
zine's new look.

I do have, however, one criti-
cism. Your edited version of the
byline I provided is incorrect, as
I did not write the Orlando Re-
port for Piedmont Airline's pub-
lication as an independent proj-
ect. The special pull-out issue
was done by D'Lor Communica-
tions as a team effort of my part-
ner, Lorraine Lax, and myself.
Had the report been a regular-
length feature, I could live with
the error and would not request
a correction. However, as you
can see from the enclosed copy
of the work and a local press clip-
ping about it, it is crucial to our
firm's professional reputation
(especially since most of our cli-
ents are in the design fields) that
the project be recognized as the
team effort it truly was. I ask,
then, that a brief correction be
printed in your next issue.

Best Regards,
Denise A. Schofield

Dear Editor:

I want to express my appre-
ciation for the article that you
published regarding the Ocean
Front Residence that I designed.
Your editorial in the Jan/Feb
issue was most interesting and I
certainly agree with your new
format. I, for one, share your
enthusiasm regarding the mag-
azine's "new look". Keep up the
good work!

Sincerely,
Robert McDonald, A.I.A.
Robert McDonald & Associates,
P.A.

Dear Editor:

Since I last talked with you I
have gotten more reactions to
the TWA article. I know both
the Dean and Richard Schneider
of FABRIC have told me that
they thought the article well
written and illustrated.

I sent a copy of the article to
Mrs. Doris Paul, who with her
sister Mary Fuller, wrote the
special chorale "Wings Over the
World' for the TWA Flight Cen-
ter Dedication. She has since be-
come a writer of national recog-
nition. Since I located her last
year Mrs. Paul (now nearing 80
years) has been an invaluable
source of information on early
history of the Flight Center
mainly because she keeps such
excellent records of her past.
I enclose a copy of her last let-
ter and her response to the Flor-
ida Architect article. Because of
her literary experience I found
her comments rewarding.
Thanks again for the oppor-
tunity to express my thoughts
about the Flight Center. It is just
possible that the "story" may
have opened up new avenues to
obtain support for the making of
the documentary movie that has
been in limbo for three years.

Sincerely,
Wiley J. Tillman, Jr.
Associate Professor

Dear Editor:

We read the "Downtown Tal-
lahassee" article that appeared
in the January/February issue
of Florida Architect with a great
deal of pride and emotion.
It was gratifying to read the
chronicle of events that have un-
folded in Tallahassee over the
past five years and realize that
the decision that we made back
in 1979 to open an office there
was somehow worthwhile, not
only in terms of the growth and
development of our firm but,
more significantly, in making
possible the ability for us to tru-
ly influence and help to shape a
portion of the built environment
around us. I guess that we hadn't
fully appreciated the fact that the
Gallie Hall project had served as
such an important catalyst in the

resurgence of private develop-
ment in downtown Tallahassee.
Anyway, its always nice to be
told that we've been involved in
something that might have been
trend setting.
It was even more personally
gratifying to read about the pro-
fessional growth and develop-
ment of Rick Barnett and Dave
Fronczak over the same five
years, both of whom came to
work with our firm "fresh out of
school" and have now matured
into top notch architects in their
own right. It may seem some-
what melodramatic to say this,
but somehow it is even more sat-
isfying to have had the opportu-
nity to participate in molding
the careers and professional at-
titudes of these two young col-
leagues than to have designed an
award winning building. Hope-
fully, we'll continue to have the
opportunities and the satisfac-
tion of doing both again.

ROWE HOLMES BARNETT
ARCHITECTS, INC.

H. Dean Rowe, A.I.A.
D. E. Holmes, F.A.I.A.

FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

POE of the Florida A & M School of Architecture
by Tim White, AIA

When the Florida Legislature
funded the construction of
the new School of Architecture
building at Florida A & M,
money was also allocated for a
unique study of the facility. This
special funding was provided to
trace, record and evaluate the
planning, design, construction
and eventual use of the new
building.
The purpose of the study is
to carefully follow the project
from its inception so that lessons
learned might benefit future
state building projects of all
kinds. Although the direct bene-
ficiary of the findings will be the
Board of Regents, the results
are intended to be of value for all
agencies which procure state
buildings. To help ensure that
the study is usable for the state
departments of Corrections,
General Services, Health and
Rehabilitative Services, Trans-
portation and Education, repre-
sentatives from each of these
agencies have been invited to
serve on an Advisory Task Force
which is helping to shape the
study approach.
The study is divided into two
phases. Phase One extends be-
yond the School of Architecture
building and involves a descrip-
tion of the building procurement
process which is currently em-

played by the State. The State
system is described and com-
pared with building procure-
ment systems used by other
governmental entities and cor-
porate institutions. The report
which documents this phase is
nearing completion and will pre-
sent observations about the ad-
vantages and disadvantages of
various ways that different
types of clients obtain new
buildings.
Phase two of the study is cur-
rently underway and focuses
specifically on the new School of
Architecture building at FAMU.
This phase involves a multi-
faceted effort including:
1. Documenting the design ar-
chitect's intentions and de-
cisions which formed the
building.
2. Tracing the construction of
the project for deviations
(change orders) from the orig-
inal design intent (contract
documents) that may affect
the long term performance of
the facility in areas such as
lighting, acoustics, space size,
safety and maintenance.
3. Evaluating the performance
of the former FAMU School
of Architecture building so
that it may be compared with
the performance of the new
building.

4. Evaluating the performance
of the new School of Archi-
tecture building after the ini-
tial occupancy and settling-in
period.
The students and faculty
moved into the new building in
December of 1984. Items 1, 2
and 3 listed above have been
completed. Item 4 is scheduled
for implementation next fall.
The study is planned as a posi-
tive, constructive and balanced
analysis of the facility that will
produce useful lessons for fu-
ture state buildings. Special
care has been taken to avoid
a "verdict" about the build-
ing's success or a performance
"score." Emphasis is upon
transferability of the findings to
as many other types of state faci-
lities as possible.
Some of the components of
the building that will be studied
include instructional spaces, of-
fices, circulation, stairs and ele-
vators, staff work spaces, and
exterior use areas. The devel-
opment and evolution of these
building areas will be traced
through the entire procurement
process including state design
standards, funding, program
requirements, design decisions,
changes during construction,
building use and management
policies and finally, building

performance and occupant satis-
faction after move-in.
Particular performance indi-
cators for each of the building
areas will be of special interest.
These indicators may involve
image, function, space size,
space shape and proportion, ad-
jacencies, furniture, materials
and finishes, durability and
maintenance. Occupant-related
issues to be studied include ac-
cess, safety, security, efficien-
cy, comfort, productivity, pri-
vacy and overall satisfaction.
The thrust of the study is not
only to assess the performance
of the building but to search for
relationships between its per-
formance and earlier decisions
and events that occurred dur-
ing planning, design and
construction.
The FAMU School of Archi-
tecture is working closely with
a team of researchers from
Georgia Tech and Min Kantro-
witz Associates who were cho-
sen as consultants to implement
phase two of the study. The
Georgia Tech team was selected
from nineteen competitors that
included the leading post-occu-
pancy evaluation experts in the
country. The studyhas attracted
favorable national attention to
the State of Florida and the
FAMU School of Architecture.

The symbolic appearance ofthe
new school of Architecture at
Florida A & M University was
ranked second in importance by
those whose job it was to set cri-
teria before deciding on the se-
lection of an architect for the
project. First in importance was
the goal of increasing space for
each student thereby making it
appropriate to the activities that
go on in a School of Architecture.
Once again, it appeared that
form would follow function. The
new School of Architecture was
not to be "different for differ-
ence sake" but "different in what
it promised future generations
of architects." Achieving that
goal could have been a difficult
task if traditional avenues of ar-
chitect procurement had been
used.
In Florida, architect selection
is controlled by the State's in-
terest in equitably distributing
work among those judged quali-
fied. Concern existed that some
of the factors in the normal se-
lection process might mitigate
against the selection of the "best
architect for the job." A compe-
tition, it seemed, might have a
better chance of ultimately in-
suring a better building.
With the primary concerns of
space, building image and build-
ing conceptualization firmly set
and a determination that the
new building must project an
image with "a commitment to
the future of both architecture
and an architectural education"
the decision was made to hold a
competition.
The idea of a two-stage compe-
tition, as opposed to a wide array
of other types, was believed by
those in charge to cut costs for
the entrants while maximizing
contact between the architects
submitting proposals and the cli-
ent. Client-architect dialogue
was sufficiently important to the
sponsors that they planned for
the winning architect to contract
with the state for both design

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patternsfor a typical wing, right,
view of the west elevation of all four
wings, and bottom, main entrance
from the entry bridge on Martin
Luther King Blvd. Photos by
Steven Brooke.

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and development. Further, the
sponsors were committed to a
process whereby the winning
architect would set aside the
winning solution and begin anew
to work through design and de-
velopment with the client. The
goal was to evolve a final solution
grounded in expanded architect-
client transactions.
The State of Florida provided
$25,000 for the competition and
Florida A & M supplemented
these funds from its operating
budget to handle direct costs.
First stage judging reduced the
field of thirty four entrants to
ten semi-finalists. Through vote
of the jury, this list was further
reduced and each of the finalists
was notified that his project "was
chosen as having qualities that
justify invitation to participate,
with reimbursement, in the sec-
ond phase." Three of the finalists
were out-of-state firms. The
other three included Clements/
Rumpel Associates, Rowe
Holmes Associates and Otero/
Mateu Architects in joint ven-
ture with Enoch Associates.
After a difficult, and some-
times confusing, second-stage
judging, the jury stressed that
they, as well as the entrants, had
been faced with the dilemma of
juggling new and creative ener-
gy ideas and an extremely tight
budget and time frame. Some of
the competitors responded more
to the challenge of the new ideas
and others responded more to
the concern about construction
costs. The closing statement to
the entrants reinforced the em-
phasis on selecting a sensitive,
cooperative architect with whom
the client could work closely
during the re-design phase. In
fact, a particularly unique fea-
ture of the School of Architec-
ture competition was that it
resulted in the selection of an ar-
chitect, not a design.
The selection of Clements/
Rumpel Associates marked the
end of a unique competition. A
summary of the jury comments
indicated that they felt the
Rumpel entry was by far the
most ambitious in what it at-

tempted. More than any other
submission, the jury felt that
their design expressed the abil-
ity to satisfy all aspects of the
problem in a reasonably balanced
way. In spite of this, they added,
the entry did not win easily or
automatically. The very com-
prehensiveness of its effort ex-
posed the submission to criti-
cism. The passive energy system
was the most innovative of those
submitted, and, to its detri-
ment, seemed overly experi-
mental to some jury members.
Overall, however, Rumpel had
demonstrated an ability to deal
with all sides of the problem in a
balanced way, a willingness to
work with the client and a sensi-
tivity to details that must work
for a building to be successful.
In their statement of design
intentions, Clements/Rumpel
noted that certain environmen-
tal considerations influenced the
development of the design to a
considerable extent by deter-

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mining scale. They further noted
that the question of appropri-
ateness of image for a building
designed for architects is indeed
difficult. "We have consciously
attempted to minimize affected
design directions and keep the
building straightforward, yet
certainly not mundane. It is
hoped that the students might
learn by osmosis, particularly
through a required physical
response to the building as
mandated by the passive design
features."
Groundbreaking in April,
1983, began the construction
schedule for the new 64,000
GSF, $5.3 million School of Ar-
chitecture facility. The building
is designed to accommodate 400
students and 35 faculty or staff.
With the engineering firm of
Dubin & Bloome, a unique pas-
sive energy system was designed
into the building. The system
makes maximum use of natural
ventilation and a greenhouse-

like heat collection system which
induces ventilation in the sum-
mer or returns heat into the duct
system to supplement winter
heating requirements.
Part of the legislative fund-
ing for the building supports a
"Project Management Study"
which followed the building
from the determination of need
through funding, design, con-
struction, and post-occupancy
evaluation. It is an attempt to
study the total delivery process
of a building and to identify any
applicable benefits that other
systems may gain.

Note: The author appreciates the
assistance provided by Richard
Hoag and Diane Favro's publi-
cation, "Portrait of a Competi-
tion. "Hoag is Associate Profes-
sor in the School ofArchitecture
at Florida A & M and Favro is
Assistant Professor in the De-
partment of Architecture at
U.C.L.A.

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Photos: left, the third level of
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below, the main circulation area of
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The new townhouses on Penn-
sylvania Avenue in Winter
Park are different enough to
slow traffic and yet they blend
into the neighborhood well
enough to be mistaken for a
rehab project. These contem-
porary "Georgian-style" town-
houses were designed by Char-
lan Brock Young and Associates
for local designer Betsy Godfrey.
Godfrey, who lives in one of the
homes, built them speculatively
(although they sold for $160
thousand plus shortly after con-
struction began) with the idea of
developing luxury duplexes in
downtown Winter Park.
Although the townhouses are
constructed of brick, stucco and
tile which are common in the
area, the design of the structures
presents these materials in new

and unusual forms. The location
and contours of the site dictated
that major living spaces would
have to be designed for the
second floor if a view was to be
achieved. A later market analy-
sis confirmed that major living
spaces on the second floor made
even more sense as the site was
heavily forested by large oaks
which tended to shelter and
shade all second floor windows
for greater privacy.
In addition to the challenge
to the architects provided by
the site itself, the site zoning re-
stricted residential structure
coverage to no more than 35% of
the available land. This meant
that there would have to be ex-
treme crowding of the struc-
tures, given the developer's
imperative that there be four

The appear ne ofthe townhhomes is
so unusual that they have become
If .i i, stoppers ow Pennsylvania
Avenue. The curved brick pillars
a ad circular brick planters combine
with bright awaings, arched win-
dows and wrap-around balconies t(
give the building a auique look.
Photos by Peter Burg of Burg
Photographix.

townhouses, with an average of
2,000 square feet and double ga-
rages. The design proved to be
a two-story solution. In order to
meet the double garage require-
ment, CBY lined the street with
garage doors and then recessed
them under second floor balco-
nies to minimize the boxiness of
the feature. The problem of over-
all building boxiness was sup-
pressed by introducing vertical
masses in the form of circular
brick columns. These columns
were closely integrated with
curved serpentine brick plant-
ers and unit dividers which pro-
duce a sculptured look on the
building exteriors. A variety of
arched and circular windows fur-
ther act to preserve the conti-
nuity of the exterior appearance.

J an Abell has a reputation in
Tampa that is often associated
with historic restoration, a num-
ber of which she worked on in the
early years of her practice. Since
forming the Jan Abell Kenneth
le Garcia Partnership, however,
the firm's reputation has grown
in the area of design and new
construction. Audubon Park,
in Tampa, is a recent, notable
example.

FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

In Audubon Park, the archi-
tects skillfully utilized a two-
acre site to accommodate seven
houses of moderate size. The
small site is in a well-established
neighborhood which is close to a
major business district. With an
emphasis on contemporary hous-
ing, it was also necessary to rec-
oncile the new homes with the
more traditional values of the
"old line" neighborhood which
surrounds it. Located on a busy
north-south artery, Audubon
Park sits behind a barrier wall of
teal stucco with trellis above. It
is the trellis which takes its cue
from the residential architec-
ture inside. The wall is stepped
down and curves away from the
street providing transition into
an alley which terminates at
a cul-de-sac. There is a land-
scaped center island in the alley
and a plaza with fountain at the
cul-de-sac.
Two of the seven houses have
been constructed. The first of
these houses was built on the
most restrictive site which, to
a great extent, dictated its size
and configuration. Because set-
backs left little space on the lot
on which to build and because
parking for two cars was re-

FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

quired, the solution became a
system of levels arranged hier-
archally. Service areas were put
on grade, reception rooms at
flood plane level (the develop-
ment is located on a designated
flood plane which further neces-
sitated building in levels), the
master suite a half level higher
and family spaces at the highest
level.
In keeping with "old line" val-
ues, the house facade uses a clas-
sical tripartite division of base,
frame and head, but the familiar
ingredients of classical architec-
tural language are used with a
twist.
The house bears on a masonry
base of block and stucco which
roots the frame house to the
ground. This is the same rela-
tionship that is reflected in the
barrier wall at the street. The
painted lapped siding varies in
thickness and underscores the
rhetorical application of the cli-
ent's choice of material. The
head, in this case three separate
gable roofs which do not inter-
sect, responds to the three-part
plan inside the public, private
and family spaces.
The system of window and
door placement respects classi-

The first of seven houses to be con-
structed, this residence is located on
a very restricted site which dictated
its size and configuration. Ele-
ments of classical architecture exist
throughout the building which
make it an appropriate addition to
an "old line" neighborhood.
Photos by Walter Smalling, Jr.,
Washington, D. C.

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cal relationships of solid to void
while establishing a datum grid
from which facades are gener-
ated. The house operates at two
scales. It is a moderately sized
home (2,500 square feet), but of-
fers a grander presence on the
exterior, a presence that will al-
low it to relate to larger houses
in the neighborhood. Key classi-
cal elements are deliberately
overstated, i.e. flatness and
verticality of facade and size
of roof vents and chimneys. A
thematic color code further dis-
tinguishes the building compo-
nents, such as door from win-
dow, window from frame and
siding from base.
These pluralities, of which the
design agenda was composed,
give Audubon Park its spirit and
appeal.

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PEACHTREE'S ARIEL. THE WINDOW TO THE FUTURE

THE ARIEL INTERIOR
is made of first quality wood. From
the warm, gracious interior you
would never guess that the exterior
is a strong, tight, high-tech product.
The ARIEL sash and frame are slim-
mer, more elegant.
There are no finger joints in any
exposed wood. It can be finished
beautifully, flawlessly.
The hinges are concealed, inside
and out.

THE ARIEL EXTERIOR
is made of tubular aluminum
1. injected with a polymer and
2. electrostatically finished. No
other window is so strong, so long-
lasting, so trouble-free. It will
always operate as designed. This
kind of construction is available
only from Peachtree.
3. Insulating glass is standard in all
ARIEL windows.
The ARIEL exterior will never warp,
crack or split.

The ARIEL window
gives you 10 times
more weather-
tightness than
industry standards.

Visitors entering the Galaxy
Center immediately sense
the theme of the structure. It's
evident in the airy lobby and
throughout the exhibit areas.
It's apparent even before view-
ing "Flight of the Aurora" or
"Hail Columbia" in one of its
two theaters.
The theme is SPACE and
the 35,000 square-foot Galaxy
Center theater complex, the
newest visitor's attraction at the
Kennedy Space Center, Space-
port U.S.A., has plenty of it.
The concept for the project
was formulated in 1981 when
the client decided to build an
IMAX Theater, a demonstra-
tion theater, and at least 10,000
square feet of exhibit space.
George C. Izenour, Ph.D.,
one of the world's foremost the-
ater designers, acted as consul-
tant to the project, recommend-
ing that the IMAX Theater and
the demonstration theater, later
called the Galaxy Theater, be
designed with a back-to-back
configuration. TW Services,
SSA's client and NASA's con-
tractor of the Spaceport, could
then operate both theaters at
the same time from a central
location.
Original plans for the IMAX
called for a 750-seat facility, but
the project was scaled down to
440 seats to meet the $3 million
budget for the entire complex.

Even though IMAX's seating
was reduced from the original
concept, it's still far from small.
A five and one-half story, 70
foot-wide screen dominates the
theater which is continental in
seating layout.
There is the ambiance of deep
space inside the IMAX. The
spotlights which light the huge
screen create an ambient light
needed for seating. No light fix-
tures hang from the ceiling,
which is black to simulate the

vastness of space.
The IMAX Theater boasts
the largest film frame available
(70mm horizontal 15 perfora-
tion) for "Hail Columbia," which
depicts the handling, launch,
and landing of the Space Shuttle
Columbia on its maiden voyage
accompanied by six-track stereo
sound.
The 500-seat Galaxy Theatre
required a different architec-
tural approach.
Clients requested a theatri-

cally-capable stage, fully-rigged
with automatic draperies, a
computer-operated lighting and
dimming system, and a sound
cluster system to be established
in the center of the theater.
Before the theater was fully-
designed, some sophisticated
planning was necessary to ac-
commodate its first attraction
"Flight of the Aurora," a multi-
media presentation which takes
the audience on a spaceflight to
Mars and back. Walls and ceil-

FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

Opposite page, top, interior ofthe Galaxy Theatre which is back-to-back with the larger IMAX Theatre, also a part of the Center. Bottom, South lobby of
the Galaxy Center has enormous ,.; .'. a..r .. and space. Above, exterior of the Galaxy Centerfrom waterside. Photos by Bob Walko.

ings of the theater were given a
special treatment so that it
would appear to the audience
that they were sitting in a space-
craft. The proscenium arch was
modified to appear to be a large
roll-up door, similar to the space
shuttle's payload bay door from
which satellites are deployed
into space.
After the roll-up door is
opened, the audience feels as if
they're on a journey to Mars
with a production which utilizes
two TV projectors, a 35-70mm
projector, 30-plus carousel pro-
jectors and a laser projection
unit.

The Galaxy Center complex
was designed so that visitors
automatically walk through
three exhibit areas. One area is
located beneath the complex
and the other two at each end of
the theaters. The floor and walls
are dark to highlight the exhi-
bits, while spotlights create the
illusion that the exhibits are
hovering endlessly in space.
This exhibit space also pro-
vided NASA with a forum for
displaying the historical, futur-
istic, and impressionistic art
which the space agency has col-
lected over the years.
For acoustical reasons it was

necessary that the two theaters
of the Galaxy Center be structur-
ally independent of one another,
connected only by expansion
joints. Structural separation
was important to isolate low-
frequency sound in one theater,
such as the rumbling of a space
shuttle launch, from being
heard in the other theater. Steel
frame construction with pre-
cast panels were instrumental in
providing the mass required to
absorb low-frequency sound.
From the exterior, it was im-
portant that the Center blend in
with the existing tourist-related
buildings at the Spaceport. The

complex was designed with a 15-
foot peripheral wall to match the
other structures, then the roof
ascends dramatically to a six-
story height.
The Galaxy Center not only
had to comply with the NFPA
Life Safety Code and the Stan-
dard Building Code, but also
with NASA's special design cri-
teria that it be both contem-
porary and monumental. The
building has proven to be both.

Doug Baird is a writer for
Communications Concepts,
Inc. in Cape Canaveral.

FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

A New Dimension to Design
by Kelly Collins

This article is reprinted "by permission from Architecture California."

The meeting room was freezing
cold because the ventilation
system was on the blink. The
trade show setting up next door
raised a maddening racket. Nox-
ious carbon monoxide odors
wafted through from the exhaust
of an idling diesel truck being
unloaded outside. Thermal dis-
comfort, noise pollution and gas-
eous contamination all struck
the participants at the Indoor
Pollution Symposium. "I think
that it is ironic that even we who
are concerned cannot protect
ourselves in every instance," re-
marked Hal Levin, president of
the California Board of Archi-
tectural Examiners.
The program, cosponsored by
The American Institute of Ar-
chitects and CCAIA, hosted sci-
entific researchers, building in-
vestigators, government officials
and architects from around the
nation who each presented
pieces to the complex puzzle of
what causes indoor pollution,
and outlined design considera-
tions relevant to a healthy indoor
environment (The Indoor Pol-
lution Symposium Syllabus is
available for $15. plus postage
and handling, from the AIA
Bookstore, 1735 New York
Avenue, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20006, Attn: Kathleen
Knepp. Phone (202) 626-7474.)

Ventilation The Main Culprit
Poor air quality due to inade-
quate ventilation proved to be
the main theme in case studies
explored at the two day Sympo-
sium. While contaminants var-
ied carbon monoxide from a
nearby freeway, formaldehyde
in office partitions and carpet
glue, ozone from copy machines,
or pentachlorophenol, a wood
preservative the concentra-
tion levels of air pollutants were
directly related to air exchange
rates. Ken Sexton, Sc. D., Di-
rector of California's Indoor
Air Quality Program, concluded,
"If fresh air makeup decreases
the problem, then ventilation
is the largest cause of indoor
pollution."

The tightly-sealed, energy
efficient designs that charac-
terized some of the state office
buildings built during the 1970s
emphasized problems associated
with indoor pollutants. At the
Bateson Building in Sacramento,
workers complained of experi-
encing headaches, nausea, respi-

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call (813) 676-4329.

ratory problems and hair loss
immediately after occupancy.
"Our initial reaction was to hope
that the complaints would go
away," said Barry Wasserman,
FAIA, former State Architect.
The problem occurred because
the intended supply of air was
not being delivered. Changes in

the interior design replaced
originally specified open-space
partitions with full-high parti-
tions which obstructed the flow
of supply air through the office.
Also the Variable Air Volume
(VAV) boxes had stuck in the
partially opened position.
Remedial action was taken and

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FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

OUR PLANT IS BLOSSOMING

IN LAKE WALES

employees now find the building
an enjoyable work space.
The tradeoffs between pro-
viding enough outdoor air for
good indoor air quality while
continuing to conserve energy
were discussed by research sci-
entist James Woods, Ph.D. By
using IP-ASHRAE Standard
62:1981, which Woods helped to
write, a ventilation performance
ratio can be determined and de-
sign theories validated. (IP-
ASHRAE Standard 62:1981,
"Ventilation for Acceptable In-
door Air Quality," is available for
$12 from the American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air Conditioning Engineers,
1791 Tullie circle, N.E., Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.)
Historically, HVAC systems
have been designed to provide
for an air exchange rate neces-
sary for respiration but not for
air quality, which would require
17 times more fresh air. "The
energy penalty for this could be
substantial," Woods said. "But
if we can increase the efficiency
of our ventilation systems, then
the energy costs of providing
adequate indoor air will not be
as great." Today, common prac-
tice is to disregard the location
of air diffusers and return air
grills, which results in a large
percentage of the supply air be-
ing stratified and never reach-
ing the user.

Microbial Breeding Ground
Health problems can be cre-
ated by poor location of a build-
ing's air intake, according to
Philip Morey, Ph.D., a research
industrial hygienist with the Na-
tional Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Morey has investigated many
cases of sick building syndrome
in which air intakes were located
next to microbial breeding
grounds, such as cooling towers
and restroom and cafeteria ex-
hausts. These airborne micro-
organisms circulate through the
ventilation system, exposing
building occupants to hyper-
sensitivity pneumonitis (HP), a
pneumonia which has, in some
instances, proven fatal. Regular
maintenance and removal of
standing water can reduce build-
ing-associated HP illnesses.
A classic case study of this syn-
drome is a building in Dallas,

FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

Texas that had a 20 percent
absentee rate due to the micro-
bial contamination of its air
washers. Seven million dollars
was spent to renovate the me-
chanical systems, but after the
building was re-occupied, health
problems continued to occur.
When NIOSH was called in to
investigate the problem, it dis-
covered that the redesign had
placed the building's air intakes
next to the restroom exhaust,
and that the 31 new air handling
units had a crawl space too small
to allow maintenance personnel
to clean the units, where a brack-
ish slime was forming in the
drain pans. "Essentially, they
put in 31 microbial incubators
into the $7 million redesign of
the building," remarked Morey.

Sources of Pollution Are All
Around Us
One of the most obvious meth-
ods for reducing the hazards of
indoor pollution is source re-
moval. The building envelope
can provide a source for contam-
inants such as asbestos or urea-
formaldehyde foam insulation
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As a growing architectural
firm, HCDA, Inc. was faced
with the need for expanded facil-
ities. The prime criteria was to
find a space that would allow the
staff to create their own unique
environment. The "ideal" space
was found in a 30's building that

had previously served as a man-
ufacturing facility and ware-
house for an electronics com-
pany. The space had 1000 square
feet and was enclosed with ce-
ment block walls. The average
ceiling height was fourteen-and-
a-half feet and one side of the
building was "blessed" with a
large industrial door, the largest
opening in the building.
With its high ceilings, the
dark, windowless space hardly
qualified as a prime office loca-
tion. However, features nor-
mally considered problems were
viewed as advantages and dealt
with positively to create exciting
new design elements. Realizing
the possibilities of the space, the
firm principal quickly negoti-

ated a long-term lease and sub-
stantial tenant improvement
allowance.
Before completing the final ne-
gotiations, considerable thought
was given to the firm's space re-
quirements-a minimum of 1500
square feet with possibilities for
expanison was needed. The ac-
tual floor space in the warehouse
was under 1000 square feet, but
because of the ceiling height of
fourteen feet a loft was consid-
ered a possibility. Determined
to meet the challenge of creating
sufficient space for the firm, the
staff designed a special floor
system using a three inch lami-
nated wood deck supported by a
custom designed and fabricated
steel joist.

Opposite page, the flexible and compact modular work stations in the loft
were easily assembled using only wooden screws and dowels. They support
a drafting surface on one side and a reference desk on the other. Below right,
the twelve foot industrial door opening provided the space for a ,......,j,.. "
- a circular archway with a stair leading to the second level and expansion
areas. Photos by Dan Forer.

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Design of the floor system
made possible the installation
of a veranda-like loft aproned
around a central core with a full
height ceiling. The taller ceiling
at the front of the loft provided
ample space for two associate's
offices. Where the roof slopes to
a level below minimum ceiling
height at the back of the loft,
cabinets, shelves and a storage
room were installed. The spaces
in between provided the ideal
location for the drafting work
stations.
Although the high ceilings and
custom floor system made pos-
sible the installation of a loft, the
narrow width of the loft limited
the amount of available space
for the drafting stations. This
limitation was overcome by join-
ing the individual work stations
with a connective panel designed
to serve both as a protective rail-
ing and a supply stand conven-
iently cantilevered into the cen-
tral core space.
The work stations were fabri-
cated from 3/4 inch plywood and
they support a drafting surface
on one side and a reference desk
on the other. Either side may be
tilted and/or extended to suit
the user. Illumination for the
work surfaces by a task-ambient
light unit forms the upper part
of the work station and doubles
as a space divider. These visual
barriers furnish each staff mem-
ber with a semi-private space
yet are open enough to allow for
ease of communication during
team projects.
To overcome the effect of a
windowless space, a skylight
was installed over the central
core to create an atrium. Visible
from all areas, the skylight opens
the space to natural light and
proves a pleasant atmosphere.
Artificial cove lighting for the
first level is recessed at the pe-
rimeter of the space and seems
to come from the loft above. The
perimeter also provides an open-
ing for the custom-designed air
conditioning vents. The duct-
work is housed in the built-in
work counter and shelf unit ad-
jacent to the work stations which
also serves to closet the space
over the cove lighting on the first
level. The total effect of the va-
ried lighting sources and open
plan creates a pleasing indoor-
outdoor atmosphere.

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Glass Beveling: Revival of a 19th Century Craft
by Charles Arnold

Victorian builders understood
what elegantly-crafted de-
tails could do to a large structure
and they expressed their orna-
mental "urges" in gingerbread
details and in the elaborate bev-
eled glass used in windows and
doors. Today, many people ad-
mire the prismatic beauty of
beveled glass, but few realize
the craft and skill needed to pro-
duce it.
Dave Campbell is a graduate
of the University of Florida
School of Architecture and Fine
Arts. He began working with
stained glass about five years
ago and today he owns Hi-Stan-
dard Beveling in Gainesville.
Although Campbell has always
been attracted to stained glass,
he prefers beveled windows that
are predominantly clear and al-
low a measure of visibility and a
measure of privacy. They are
both functional and decorative.
It is Campbell's feeling that a
lot of the stained glass used in
architectural retrofits is over-
bearing. He feels that beveled
glass has an understated beauty
A aMP 1 which heightens the impact of
both the window and the build-
ing housing it.
Historically, glaziers have
been grinding bevels on glass
for about 300 years, originally in
England and France. Before
machinery brought precision to
the craft, the edges were crude
and were ground and polished by
hand. The exact processes used
by the 17h century glaziers is un-
Top, a solid iron wheel coated with certain probably because early
silicon carbide slurry cuts the ini- manufacturers were very secre-
tial bevel in the plate glass. Above, tive about their processes before
right, the Newcastle sandstone patent laws offered them pro-
wheel has a notorandframe weigh- tection. Generally, they trained
ing about half a ton. Water runs
contain uously on the stone while it is their workers in only one area of
in operation to cool the glass. the operation so that no one
Above, left, in thefirst step of the would learn the complete pro-
polishing operation, rotating cess. What is known about the
brushes at the onttom o a cork wheel early beveling process is that
eed pmice onto the wheel, the work was laborious and the
product expensive.
In the 18th century, beveled
glass was particularly popular
with the affluent segment of so-
ciety and thousands of craftsmen
in Europe deafened themselves
in the noisy workshops where

FLORIDA ARCHITECT May/June 1985

bevels were ground on plate
glass. Mercury-backed mirrors
received most of the bevels, but
many found their way onto or-
nate windows, door panes and
lamps.
The second renaissance of bev-
eled glass coincided with the
widespread use of steam and
water power. As steam engines
became a source of power and
beveling machinery became
more available, the cost dropped
and Victorian builders began to
consider beveled glass almost
essential to good design.
Today, automated bevelers
have been developed to produce
a straight edge, but it still takes
an experienced craftsman to
shape the intricate curves and
details which make a piece of
glass a thing of beauty. With the
exception of improved abrasive
and polishing material, very lit-
tle has changed in the craft in
the past ninety years.
When Dave Campbell decided
to create contemporary designs
using 19th century techniques
he learned that the few proprie-
tors of beveling shops today are
still reluctant to discuss tech-
nique. Campbell scoured the li-
braries in search of information
and found that only two books
and a handful of articles have
been published on the subject.
As he studied old drawings he
became familiar with the com-
plexities of the craft.
Campbell now estimates that
it takes a year of practice to be
able to produce an edge of con-
sistent quality. Curves, in-
curves and incuts require even
greater skill than the straight
bevels. As both artist and arti-
san, Campbell can reproduce old
designs for restoration or pro-
duce new patterns at a client's
request. Campbell feels that the
variety and complexity of pat
terns that can be produced in
beveled glass are limited only by
the imagination of the craftman.

Charles Arnold is afreelance
writer living in Gainesville.

Top,
cerium oxide on a solid felt wheel
gives glass the finished brilliance
seen here. Left, a finely hand-
( (tl,1 piece of glass can be incor-
porated into the design of an origi-
nal art deco design. All photos cour
tesy of the author.

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Continued from page 27
(UFFI). The government al-
ready has banned the use of
UFFI and is currently embark-
ing on a multi-million dollar pro-
gram to remove asbestos found
in schools.
A chemical process called "hy-
drolysis," where offgassed con-
taminants become attached to
water molecules and seep into
another surface, creates a sec-
ondary source for organic com-
pounds like formaldehyde.
"Strong offgassing can enter
a weak emitter where it is
stored," explained John
Girman, a researcher with
Lawrence Berkeley Labora-
tory. "UFFI has been known to
load up gypsum wall board with
formaldehyde. Even though
the foam is removed, the con-
taminant remains."
Girman further explored the
effects of offgassing from syn-
thetic building materials, using
formaldehyde as a representa-
tive pollutant. Low emitters of
this organic gas include textiles,
carpets, and ceiling tiles; among
high emitters are particle board,
fiber board, UFFI and press
wood products. "The industry is
making progress and has stan-
dardized tests for comparisons,"
said Girman. An architect can
specify those products with the
lowest emissions by comparing
the Manufacturer's Standard
Data Sheet (MSDS) for various
brands.
Special indoor pollution prob-
lems found in the home were dis-
cussed by Lance Wallace, former
EPA research scientist and now
a visiting scholar at the Harvard
School of Public Health. Sources
found in the home include ni-
trous oxide from gas stoves, car-
bon dioxide from kerosene space
heaters, cleaning fluids, ciga-
rette smoke and pesticides, to
name a few. While these pollu-
tants occur at a lower concentra-
tion than those found in office
environments, the health risks
are greater because some peo-
ple, including the more suscep-
tible populations like the elderly
and infants, spend as much as 24
hours in the home.
Pollutants You Can See and Hear
Indoor pollution is popularly
thought of in terms of air quality,
but two other sources light
and noise can also contami-

nate an indoor environment.
Presently, scientists are explor-
ing the psycho-physiological ef-
fects of noise and light on human
stress.
A living organism requires a
certain amount of stress in or-
der to survive, but when stress
levels become overburdened,
the body reacts. Noise that fre-
quently interferes with sleep,
conversation, or attention can
result in physical illness, accord-
ing to Karl Kryter, Ph.D., a
research scientist at SRI Inter-

national in the field of psycho-
acoustics.
Yet little is being done in this
area. "The quality of workman-
ship in noise abatement hasn't
increased," claims acoustical ex-
pert Charles Salter. "When you
are on a fast track building proj-
ect, it is difficult to control the
acoustics inside, but increas-
ingly, owners and clients want
quieter environments."
Sam Berman, a research sci-
entist at Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory, discussed six fac-

tors associated with indoor light-
ing which may have harmful ef-
fects: 1) spectrum variations
that are different from the na-
tural spectrum; 2) ultraviolet
emissions from lamps; 3) low
frequency electro-magnetic ra-
diation; 4) infrared emissions;
5) flicker; and 6) glare. While
research on flicker and human
stress is still exploratory, Ber-
man noted that good informa-
tion on glare can be obtained
from the Illuminating Engineers
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New York, NY 10017.
The documented instances of
eyestrain experienced by VDT
operators underlines the need
for task lights and break periods.
"Looking into problems of stress
and VDT research, there is a lot
of data in the lab as to the best
way to set up a VDT workspace,
but this information is not being
transmitted to the practice," said
Hal Levin.

The Architect's Liability
As knowledge increases, ar-
chitects will have to become
more aware of what measures
can be taken to reduce the po-
tential hazards from indoor pol-
lutants. Ralph Rowland, FAIA
warned that in the future regu-
lators might require architects
to do pre-occupancy tests and to
meet new building codes tailored
to the age and physical condi-
tions of the occupants.
"Architects are used to deal-
ing with building codes and fire
marshall regulations, but with a
change in societal expectations,
architects will have a respon-
sibility to protect the public's
health," warned attorney Gerald
Weisbach, FAIA in discussing
liability issues. "The best advice
I can give you is to hire adequate
consultants to provide technical
expertise and use proven tech-
nology and materials."
The Symposium made it clear
that another dimension has been
added to design the users'
health. James Woods chal-
lenged architects "to think
about taking on a professional
responsibility for the perform-
ance of the building for 10 years
after you design it and about
the implications this has for the
practice of architecture."

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The Education of an Architect
Anderson Todd, FAIA
This article is reprinted with permission from the Newsletter ]85 of the Houston Chapter of the AIA.

Architecture is a pedagogical
art-at least, that is what
Plato called it. Unlike a painter
or a sculptor, an architect does
not create his art with his own
hands. His work is a constant
process of instructing others.
His vision is realized by others
through drawings and words.
It is this realization that has
prompted me to tell students
that they must teach, or certain-
ly think of themselves as teach-
ers. Every architect must be a
teacher. It is why words and
books are central to an archi-
tect's education.
Education is a process of self-
determination, especially archi-
tectural education. It is the dis-
ciplined linking of knowledge,
order and organization of space
with your emotions and the need
for expression that comes out of
the hot-beds of inner feelings,
instinct, and visual sensitivity.
Talking and writing about these
subjects are reflected in the
flood of words, words, and more
words that are uttered and print-
ed about architecture every day.
And we should scrutinize these
words constantly, re-examining
and testing them lest they be-
come stale, empty, meaningless
buzz words.
Of course, words don't seem
to be as clear as they once were.
For instance, in regard to the
meaning of words, Mark Twain
said that Eve called the Dodo
Bird the Dodo Bird because the
Dodo Bird looked like a Dodo
Bird.
So, let me try a few of the more
common words used in today's
jargon.
History is being thrown about
as the justification of a lot of bad
design and much worse thinking.
However, it is the record of the
human condition and the devel-
opment of cultural values, and it
should be looked upon as exper-
ience. This experience should
encourage the development of
visual sensibility and the capa-
city for objective critical judg-

ment. What intrigues and con-
cerns me is the relationships
between the experience of his-
tory and creative power. Mem-
ory of past events is the only
reality that we can know. The
present is too confusing, too
close for a perspective view,
and, as an idea, quite question-
able because of its fleeting na-
ture. The future is unknowable
except by anticipation on the ba-
sis of history. History gives us
illustrated messages about past
experience which we can exam-
ine carefully, hoping to break
the code to its inner secrets.
When he barred the study of his-
tory at Harvard, it was because
Gropius feared that it would dis-
courage self-expression and
stunt creative growth. He also
told me that he had a fear that
architecture would again fall
prey to eclecticism; quite possi-
bly, he realized that human prog-
ress was surging relentlessly
ahead at such an accelerated
pace that history was rendered
as useless as buggy whips. Or,

was it, that our human record of
benevolent and useful models
was too limited to help us? Any-
way, the patient search for what
was good and permanent in his-
tory was out of date!
For what reasons does histor-
ical research become meaning-
ful? Where does reality come in?
Does it have utility? Instruct us?
1. if it is brought into a clear
and precise relationship
with the present.
2. if it teaches that history is
not finite, static, or absolute
but is a transient reflection
of the present, and has to
be constantly reinterpreted
and rewritten.
3. if it contributes to the ad-
vance of the art of architec-
ture as an expanding, ever
more satisfying contribut-
ing force to human possi-
bilities and needs.
4. if it is progressive in out-
look rather than regres-
sive, and if it seeks cause,
motivation, process, and
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fect, reaction, result, pro-
duct or style.
The alternative to a creative
and imaginative use of history
has been increasingly, to fall
back into stylism and the use of
the disembodied elements taken
out of a rubbish-heap of the past
to make a pastiche, a paste-up,
achieving some sort of meaning-
less novelty. With this state-
ment, we can move easily into
considering the meaning of the
word: eclecticism.
Eclecticism is a word that sig-
nifies an admission of defeat be-
fore an artist even begins to ex-
plore. I cannot do better than
quote Jean Labatut:
"The past is a stimulant, not a
refuge. It is wise to step back, in
order to take a better look into
the future only if one does not
forget to jump forward after
stepping back. The past is an ex-
ample of what not to do in an an-
other epoch, on another site, in
another climate, for another cli-
ent. When profound analysis
takes the place of mere ecstatic
enthusiasm, the respect for the
past is greater, more sincere,
and less superficial. Basically,
eclecticism is not an expression
of respect for the past, but the
testimony of a superficial knowl-
edge of all the values and great-
ness of that past. Eclecticism is
evidence of the lack of refine-
ment and the visual sensibility
for the value of space, form, co-
lor, and above all, the lack of
sensibility for mental and spiri-
tual values."
Scale is the next most critical
word I want to talk about be-
cause it leads into my conclu-
sions. It is also interesting, be-
cause scale, if left alone, and not
used and manipulated for ulter-
ior purposes by egomaniacal ar-
chitects, will take care of itself.
Every organism and artifact
has a maximum and minimum
size. There is an optimum range
on the physical size of every-
thing. So, we can say a thing is
"in scale"; it is in scale because
it fits the model we hold in our
minds along with our other his-
torical references whether it
be a pack of Camels or a Wren

church.
The scale problem of the
Washington monument has al-
ways been one of the most in-
triguing that I know. In its ab-
stract form, with the expression
of the large blocks of stone min-
imized, the sheer mass of the
building is almost indiscernible
until one starts to walk across
the greensward toward it. The
first intimation of the size comes
when you realize that it is taking
you a long time to reach it. Then,
at the foot of it you must accept
the enormous, Cyclopian size.
Despite the name of the monu-
ment that we have all known
since childhood, I question how
many people are truly aware that
this is a monument to a man. To
me, it is a monument to the city.
Where is the Man?
Context is the last word I am
going to throw at you. It is a
word used generously and, gen-
erally, it is used correctly. How-
ever, one does not often see it
reflected in the pretty designs
of houses for the very rich that
fill our magazines. Context
makes me think of the world as
a great fabric that has existed
before there was time or place in
human terms. And since man
has left Eden, this fabric has
been rent asunder and remended
many times. Quite correctly,
the word, 'context', refers to
weaving, or more correctly,
what has been woven, a passive
often delicate material that we
can destroy, protect, reweave,
but rarely replace. We, as archi-
tects, do not seem to be very
good at invisible mending!
I am big on contextualism, al-
though, when one of our design-
ers of our largest architecture
firm in Houston used the word
on our third largest developer,
the beefy entrepreneur asked:
"What is contextualism, some
kind of skin disease?" He was
right, the architect's under-
standing of contextualism was
only skin deep! But to me, re-
sponse to context is what it's all
about, architecturally speaking.
Context is what gives meaning
to symbol, meaning to meta-
phor, and even meaning to struc-

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ture, form, space, mystery, ex-
pression, character, richness
and scale. History is context
and it faults eclecticism; con-
text promotes regionalism and
makes a mockery of formalism.
It would seem, therefore, if no
sense of context, then no sense
of architecture!
But, scale and context bring it
all together for me because they
require reconsideration of the
logical and the emotional, the
systematic and the meaningful,
appropriate space for human
activity, the happy marriage of
structure and form. To speak of
scale and context is to speak of
relationships in certain surround-

ings. It is to speak of relatedness
on a conditional, relative basis of
all aspectsof architecture. Ar-
chitecture is not something on
different levels of importance.
In a sense, a cottage in the Cots-
wolds is as much architecture
as is a cathedral of the Ile de
France. The proper degree of
measure is the relatedness, the
perfect balance and resolution of
all the constituent parts, a con-
sonance that sings a lyric, heart-
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